Celebrity Wine Review TV

Host Charity Winters interviews Jeff Smith, author of the book “The Best Cellar”, about his love for wine and involvement in the Eighth Annual Bogart Pediatric Wine Aficionado Dinner on May 13th, 2010. Jeff, son of Joe Smith, legendary music executive and former CEO of Capitol Records, is on the board of directors at the foundation and is responsible for supplying some of the amazing, out of reach wines that will be auctioned off at the event.

“The Bogart Wine Aficionado Dinner has earned a reputation for being among the top benefit events in Los Angeles due to its combination of world class gourmet cuisine, fine wines, and giving patrons,” comments event Co-Chair Sandra Rapke. “The money we’ve raised over the past several years has saved countless children’s lives. It is a privilege to carry on the tradition with what is sure to be our best event yet.”

The evening will conclude with an exciting live auction featuring one-of-a-kind lots such as a stroll down the red carpet at a Hollywood premiere in a Randolph Duke couture gown; a dinner with comedians Cheech and Chong; a progressive dinner for four couples in Los Angeles’ top elite homes; a private movie screening; and a lot of 100-point Robert Parker rated wines from around the world. To find out how you can attend, visit the Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program’s website

About the Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program

The Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program’s primary purpose is the financial support of the Bogart Labs at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.
Named in memory of Neil Bogart, the late record and film executive who died of lymphoma at the age of 39, The Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program was founded in 1984. Looking to celebrate his life, friends, family and colleagues linked efforts with the beginnings of a pediatric program at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager and Neil’s widow Joyce Bogart Trabulus cited as an inspiration his love of children and his resolve that one person could make a difference.
The exciting research that goes into the Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program is a result of the unique combination of the leadership, talent and ideas of the researchers and clinicians; the research funding from Bogart; the facilities, staff and patients of the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA); and the Children’s Oncology Group (COG). An idea begins in the mind of a researcher and is funded by seed grants from Bogart. As the research shows promise, more traditional funding sources are available to expand the research. Because of the relationship between the Labs and CHLA, research jumps at the earliest stage from the bench to bedside of a child, where it is needed most. Through the COG, medical professionals at 120 member facilities around the world have access to this research and are able to cross reference their patients and treatments with the latest protocols.
This January Bogart awarded a five-year $4.7 million grant to support the Childrens Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases (CCCBD) and the creation of the Bogart Leukemia Research Program at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.